Notable people: Dr Bernard Zwerling / Dr Barry Zwerling, Bessie Denser, William Read, Sandra Voris, Steve Strickland, Dr Gibson Walters, Matilda Dedrick, Gary Beswick, Carolyn Nelson, Gloria Lorenzo, Visit to a Small Planet by Gore Vidal, Jerry Van Steenbergen, Richard Rohrbacher, Robert Pio / Robert R Pio, Sue Wygant, John Reed, Olivia van Engel, Larry Dunbar, John Gomis, La Verne Antonetti, Vera Jones, Bob Jones, Stan Premer, Vernon Berlin, Craig Morgan, Ed Holmes, Gerd Stevens, Winnie Saathoff, Melvin Arnott, Alice Andrews, Maria Soldavia, Tony Taravella, Isabel Pepper, John Evans, Miriam Alexander, Ron Reeves, Geraldine Work, Jane Cochrane Stewart, Jean Pio, Patricia Cunningham, Ralph Jacobs, Royden Martin, Ed Miller, Bob Bennett, Don Champion, Tom Pugsley, Marshall Merritt, Geneva Stark, Esther Huff, Lucile Aldrich, Jon Blanchette, Mursell Bruno, Jane Coffin, Joyce Croce, Anton Dahl, John Davis, Ellen Hutchings, Helen Koepke, Patricia Michielssen, Frances Travers, George Young, Ada C Sampson, Jennette Troute, Howell Rommel, Vester Dick, Ada Perruccio, Joel Schaefer
Notable organizations: Madrigal Community Chorus, Madame Kira Ivanovsky's School of Ballet Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Symphony Orchestra, San Jose State College, UCLA, Greater Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce, Santa Clara Philharmonic Orchestra, Dramatists Play Service Inc, The Purple Edge, Flowerland, Ferguson Mortuary, Sticky Wicket, Gala Garb, Leask's, Santa Cruz Hi-Lighters, Santa Cruz Handweavers, The Breakers, Santa Cruz County Fair, Santa Cruz Public Library, Santa Cruz Evening High School Board of Education, City Council, Parks and Recreation Department
Notable music: I Am An American by Jay Schuster, Make Someone Happy by Jule Styne, Radiant Stars by Cesar Cui, My Lord What A Mourning by William Dawson, Climb Every Mountain and The Sound of Music by Rogers and Hammerstein, Nocturne and Boutique Fantasque by Rossini Resphigi, Scotch Dance, The Skater and Gavotte by Dimitry Shostakovich, The Fairy Doll by Beyer, Minuet by Gluck, Die Meistersinger von Nurenberg by Richard Wagner, Concerto for Violin No 3 by C Saint-Saens, Prelude and Quadruple Fugue by Alan Hovhaness, Symphony No 2 by Vittorio Giannini